Thursday, January 5, 2017

Finland December 2016

Volvo XC90 wins Models, BMW the Manufacturers title

Finland registered 149 units in December, the second best result ever, behind the 161 of last February, tripling sales YoY, with the EV Share up again to a record 1.2%, doubling the result achieved in 2015.

Looking at the models ranking, the Volvo XC90 T8 was the undisputed leader in 2016, with 266 units, 100 more than the Second Placed VW Passat GTE.

The BMW 330e secured the last place of the podium, leaving its X5 PHEV relative in Fourth.

An interesting proof of the dynamics of the market, none of the current Top 4 models was in the Top 10 in 2015, in fact, last year leader, the Tesla Model S, ended 2016 in Fifth with 85 units, a 42% sales drop, that the Model X (#14, with 36 units) couldn't fill in completely.

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, BMW (23%, up 1%) succeeded to Tesla, becoming the Best Selling in Finland for the first time, while Volvo (20%, down 2%) ended in Second. In Third, we have Volkswagen (16%, up 2%).

In the PHEV/BEV breakdown, the plug-in hybrid euro-trend is visible here, if in 2015 all-electric vehicles reached 37% share, this year they lost a lot of ground, ending the year with only 17% share, the worst result ever.